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PICTURE SUPPORT. (Application filed Aug. 11, 1900.)

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ATTORNEY` JOSEPH BABsT, oF vNew YORK, N. Y.,

ATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM SCI-IIMPER dz:

OO., OF I-IOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

PICTURE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,140, dated November20, 1900.

Application tied August 11,1900. sermlNo. 26,564.. (No moat-.1.)

To @ZZ whom, 126' nung concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BABST, a citir/.en of the United States, anda resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Easel-Back Supports,of which the following is a speciiication.

Hy invention relates to an improvementin easel-back supports, and hasmore particuro larly for its object to provide means for hinging thesupport to the back, comprising a hinged member having a transversesocket therein for receiving the inwardly-turned ends of theloop-support and stops carried by the hinge member for retaining theends of the support within the hinge member in whatever position thesupport is swung.

A further object is to provide means which will serve the doublefunction of retaining` the inwardly-turned ends of the loopsupportwithin the hinge member and also as stops to limit the outward swingingmovements of the support.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings,

in whichn Figure l represents in perspective a back view of aneasel-back and its support attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged faceview of the blank which forms the hinge member of the support. Fig. 3 isa face view of the hinge member after the transverse socket and the endpockets have been formed therein. Eig. 4L is a face view of the hingemember after the transverse socket and the end pockets have been formedand the securing-tongues have been bent into position to secure thehinge member to the easel-back. Fig. 5 is a partial back view of theeasel-back and its support, showing the manner of mounting the supportin the hinge member; and Eig. G is a transverse vertical section in theplane of the line G G of Fig. 5.

The easel-back is denoted by A, and it may form the back of a picture,mirror, or other similar article, as may be desired.

The support for the easel-back is denoted by B, and it consists of awire bent into looped form, with its ends brought into proximity at 5othe top of the support, the wire at the bottom of the support being bentso as to engage the surface upon which the easel is resting at twopoints, as shown at b b2 The meeting ends of the wire which forms thesupporting-leg are denoted by b2 b3, and they are bent toward 55 eachother, as shown.

The hinge member, which connects the support B to the easel-back A, ismade of sheet metal or other suitable material, and it comprises a bodyportion C, having upper aud 6o lower tongues c c projecting therefrom,and also provided with laterally-extended wings c2 c3 partially severedfrom the body portion C.

A transverse socket c4 is formed in the body portion of the hingemember, and the wings c2 c3 are bent outwardly and then inwardly to formpockets at the opposite ends of the socket c4. The outwardly-bentportions of the wings serve to limit the swinging movements of thesupport B in an outward direction and 7o the inwardly-bent portions ofthe said wings serve to hold the two ends of the wire which forms thesupport B snugly in position within the socket c4, serving also as stopsto prevent the outward spreading of the said ends.

The support is connected to the easel-back in the following manner: Theends b2 b3 of the wire which forms the support are inserted in thesocket c4 in the hinge member. The 8o hinge member is then fastenedsecurely to the easel-back by passing the tongues c c therethrough andthen` turning the tongues toward each other, as shown clearly in Eig.

6. It' desired, a strengthening-plate D may 85 be placed along the frontof the easel-back A at the point where the tongues are passedtherethrough for strengthening the easelback at this point and servingto more securely retain the hinge member in position. 9o

It is evident that changes might be resorted to in the form andarrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit andscope of myinvention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly tothe structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is- A l. The combination with an easel-back and aloop-support therefor having its ends turned inwardly toward each other,of means for 10o hinging the support to the back comprising a hingemember having a transverse socket therein for receiving theinwardly-turned ends of the support and stops carried by the hingemember retaining the ends of the supi port within the hinge member inWhatever position the support is swung, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with an easel-back and a loop-support therefor havingits ends tu rned inwardly toward each other, of means for hinging theloop-support to the back comprisingahingememberhavingatransverse sockettherein for receiving the inwardly-turned ends of the support, the saidhinge member also being provided with wings which are bent to formpockets for retaining the ends of the loop-support in position Withinthe hinge member in whatever position the support is swung,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with an easel-back and a loop-support having its endsturned inwardly toward each other, of means for hingin g theloop-support to the back comprising a' hinge member having a transversesocket therein for receiving the inwardly-turned endsfof theloop-support, the said hinge member being provided with wings, which arebent to form pockets which serve the double.

function of retaining the inwardly-turned ends of the support within thehinge member and also as stops to limit the outward swinging movement ofthe support, substantially as set forth. 4. The combination with aneasel-back and a loop-support having its ends turned inwardly towardeach other, of means for hinging the support to the back comprising ahinge member having a transverse socket therein for receiving theinwardly-turned ends of the loop-support, the said hinge member beingfurther provided with wings bent to form sockets for retaining the endsof the loop-support Within the hinge member in whatever position thesupport is swung, and tongues arranged to clamp the hinge member to theeasel-back, substantially as set forth. In testimony that I claim theforegoing as myinvention I have signed my name, in presence of twowitnesses, this 17th day of July,

JOSEPH BABST.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, EDWARD VIEsER.

